Ventilating garment-shield



A. w. GRAHAM.

VENTILATING GARMENT SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. I918.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

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ANDREW w. GRAHAM, 0F BUFFAL 'NEW YORK.

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VENTILATIN'G GARMENT-SHIELD;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 30, 1919.

Application filed October 19, 1918. Serial No. 258,832.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW WV. GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VentilatingGarment-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a garment shield or bellows ventilatingprotector for applying perfect ventilation to the armpits andsurrounding portions of the body and garments of the wearer.

The object of the invention is to provide a garment shield capable ofbeing worn on the person in position to eject perfumed, powdered ormedicated air, with the natural movement of the arms or body, which willoperate the bellows portion of the shield so as to force the air out ofsaid bellows through the openings in the top of the shield.

Another object of-my invention is to pro vide an armpit shield soarranged in construction, that the inner and outer walls of the fla sare so spaced as to form an air receptac e for cooling, ventilating andperfumin'g purposes by the natural movement of the arms or body.

Another object of my invention is to provide a bellows arrangement whichcan be applied to brassieres, corsets, coats or any other garments,attached thereto or detached therefrom, so as to protect the garmentsagainst perspiration and objectionable odors.

The above objects I accomplish by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of my improved shieldapplied to the body.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a modification of my garment shield.

The reference characters designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the shield properfas applied to the under arm and can bemade any suitable size or form provided with the two usual flaps 1 and2, one of which can be made much shorter than the other as shown.

The shield consists of an inner and outer covering of a suitablewaterproof material, such as rubber, rubberized cloth, oiled silk or anyother suitable material, and so arranged that the spaces 3 between thewalls or covering will form a pocket for the bellows portion 4, wherebythe ordinary movement of the arms or body will force the air out in acooling, perfumed or medicated form.

The shield is open at several places along the top as indicated at 5 andmay be provided with holes 6 on its sides as shown in the drawings.

In Fig. 2 I show the arrangement of the bellows pockets situated betweenthe outer and inner covering, when necessary this can be made as part ofthe outer covering according to the mode of manufacturing. When made inthis small form it can be secured to the ordinary shield-brassiere,corset, .dress or coat to be used if preferable for ventilating andcooling purposes only with the top edge fastened together betweenopenings 5, in any suitable form or bellows portion 4: can be madeseparate and fastened to the upper edge or outer covering as indicatedat air openings 5, or if necessary fastened onto or between walls orlinings of shields, corsets, dresses, coats or other garments.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification of my shield in which the bellowsarrangement can be made and used in the cheaper grades of garmentshields. The bellows or air container is the spaces 7 of the wallportions between the outer and inner covering of the shield flaps l and2.

The openings 5 at the top of the shield allow for access to the bellowsportion so that powder, perfume or medicated preparations may be placedin the pocket or pockets of the bellows sections and by the naturalmovements of the arms or body, it will tend to compress the bellows andit will force the air or perfumed powder through the openings 5 or.holes 6, thereby eliminating the 0bjectionable odors from perspiration.

The shield may be provided with the usual shoulder straps 8 and bracestraps 9 or may be fastened to the inner or outer garments in the usualmanner of sewing, safety pins or snap fasteners.

There, has thus been provided a simple and eflicient device of the kinddescribed and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of the invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not therefore desired confine the inventiqn tothe exact form hereinshown and described,,but it is wished to includeall such as prqperly come within the scope claimed.

VVha-t I claim as my inventi-on anddesire to secure by Letters Patent,is:-

1. A garment vshield having inner and outer flaps, and a bellcws devicebetween said.

.3. A. garment shield having inner and V outer double walled :flaps, and'abellows carmay saidshield between thewalls of said 15 5% A garmentshield having inner and outer flaps joined at their tops,' and a bellowsbetweensaid flaps, said shield being prQvided with Openings at thejunction and 20 through the upper portions of the fiaps. 7

In testimony whereof I aifix' my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses- Witnesses: i

. V...G., ERQNAPPEL, G. M.GREER.

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